A celadon-ground, underglaze blue and copper red baluster vase, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Period. Photo Sotheby's.
the elegantly potted ovoid body rising to a slightly flared neck encircled by a single raised fillet, well-painted in raised white slip and underglaze blue and copper red on a celadon ground with flowering prunus branches emerging from rockwork with two small birds darting above, the interior and base glazed white. Height 17 in., 43 cm. Estimation 8,000 — 10,000 USD
PROPERTY FROM THE MACDOUGALD COLLECTION
Provenance: L. Wannieck, Paris.
Christie's London, 23rd April 1990, lot 196.
Geoffrey Waters, London, 30th June 2003.
A vase of this type, from the Alexander Collection, sold in our London rooms 6th May 1931, lot 279, is illustrated in R.L. Hobson, Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, London, 1931, p. 25, fig. 48.
Sotheby's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART. 18 MARS 2014 - 19 MARS 2014. NEW YORK -www.sothebys.com
PROPERTY FROM THE MACDOUGALD COLLECTION
Provenance: L. Wannieck, Paris.
Christie's London, 23rd April 1990, lot 196.
Geoffrey Waters, London, 30th June 2003.
A vase of this type, from the Alexander Collection, sold in our London rooms 6th May 1931, lot 279, is illustrated in R.L. Hobson, Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections, London, 1931, p. 25, fig. 48.
Sotheby's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART. 18 MARS 2014 - 19 MARS 2014. NEW YORK -www.sothebys.com